MARKETPLACE ARTS

Registered charity 800929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FENLAND AND DISTRICT ARTS ASSOCIATION, FENLAND ARTS, FENLAND ARTS ASSOCIATION

The objects of the Association shall be to co-ordinate and promote the maintenance, improvement and development of artistic taste and the knowledge; understanding and appreciation of the arts among the inhabitants of Fenland District and surrounding areas .

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£315k
Latest spending
£298k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £315,293, with total expenditure of £298,493, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £13,569, which the trustees acknowledge are below their stated policy target of three months of expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £14k; policy: three months of expenditure on salaries, overheads and administration costs)
achieving the target level of free reserves equivalent to 3 months total expenditure will take some time — page 13
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£315k£298k
31/03/2025£433£535
31/03/2024£6k£6k
31/03/2023£534£982
31/03/2022£282£508

Common questions

Is MARKETPLACE ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £315,293, with total expenditure of £298,493, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £13,569, which the trustees acknowledge are below their stated policy target of three months of expenditure. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2005£5kArts and March Town Hall

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MARKETPLACE ARTS£315k0belowno doubt
NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD FY2025£175k0unclearno doubt
NORWICH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.1m0unclearno doubt
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.9munclearno doubt
LONG EATON AND DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL FY2025£117k0unclearno doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£7.2maboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.